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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1947
Page
8
The Relay Crown softball team lost their season opener to Capitol Restaurant 6 to 1. Fretwell limited the league leaders to three hits while teammates collected seven hits off Fuller and Bolton. The losing pitchers walked six batters.
Billy Fox of Philadelphia meets Artie Levine of Brooklyn in a ten round light heavyweights bout at Madison Square Garden New York tonight. Levine seeks his first 175 pound start while Fox rides a 43 knockout streak but recently lost to Gus Lesnevich. Boxing fans can follow blow by blow on Gillette Cavalcade of Sports over WINC and ABC at 10 PM.
A Boston police report shows 15-year-old William Rowan crying after being used as a human shield by 15-year-old Edward Bancroft of Roxbury. Bancroft held the gun against Rowan’s back during a confrontation as police sought to question him about a robbery in a Boston alley.
Report shows 24 hour rainfall 0.93 inches ending 7 a m. June to date 5.25 inches. 34 year average annual rainfall 36.30 inches. Monthly averages for 1913 to 1946 listed: Jan 2.45, Feb 1.97, Mar 2.95, Apr 3.07, May 3.64, Jun 3.86, Jul 3.79, Aug 3.77, Sep 2.61, Oct 3.36, Nov 2.40, Dec 2.43. Courtesy of Winchester Research Laboratory.
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